ClickFunnels Review 2018 – $95,098 On My Blog In 2017 Using ClickFunnels
My name is Nick and I’m addicted to ClickFunnels. I also hate ClickFunnels, and I’ll tell you why in my No B.S. ClickFunnels review.
Read most ClickFunnels reviews and it’s just a clickable lovefest full of links to test out the 2-Week Trial (like <—- that one). I thinks it’s those sticky cookies that get everyone all hot and bothered.
mmm…cookies…
Ok, are you done eating all the cookies? Let’s get back to the review of ClickFunnels software.
This review is going to give you the good, bad, ugly, and everything in between if you’re interested in trying ClickFunnels for you online business.
The Proof Is In The Pudding
Jeez, all this talk about cookies and pudding, you would think this review is about FunnelCakes not ClickFunnels. Honestly, I’m surprised Russell Brunson, the mastermind behind ClickFunnels hasn’t created a product called “FunnelCakes.”
He has FunnelScripts, FunnelU, FunnelGraffiti, FunnelImmersion, FunnelCakes…just kidding about the last one, just checking if you’re paying attention.
Needless to say, he likes funnels. The ClickFunnels slogan is “You’re just one funnel away!”
Here’s what one funnel did for me in 2017:
I’ll be updating this article every month until the end of 2017 to see my progress, but I’m projected to make just under $100,000, BUT I’m going to push hard to clear the magical “six-figure” mark so I call myself a “guru.”
Just kidding…I already call myself that! Kidding again…or am I?
As you can see I’m still using SamCart for my order forms for reasons. Mostly because I’m too lazy/procrastinating moving my order forms to ClickFunnels (which has pretty awesome order forms too).
You can customize an order form in ClickFunnels by adding testimonials, reviews, videos, and pretty much anything you want to boost conversions.
I’ve been full-time online since May 2016 and haven’t looked back since. It’s been full of ups and downs and currently averaging close to $8,000/month. My goal is to get to $10,000/month consistently while maintaining my current lifestyle hanging out with my wife and 2 little girls, traveling, being a foodie, and hacking funnels on the side.
That’s one of my favorite things about ClickFunnels, time-saving. Sure, it’s really easy to start, maintain, and profit from an online business using ClickFunnels software, however, TIME is my most valuable possession.
If you can save me time (and make me money), I’ll gladly pay you $97, $197, and even $297 a month.
The Ultimate ClickFunnels Review For 2018
I’ll start with my favorite aspects of ClickFunnels and things I think you’ll care most about:
1.) Overall ClickFunnels Is Easy To Use
Sure, there is a learning curve if you’re not very techy, but if I can figure it out, anyone can. Don’t you sometimes hate when people say that? Me too..
If you’re new to WordPress, internet marketing, digital products, lead magnets, and all things business, it will be tough at first and probably pretty overwhelming.
ClickFunnels CAN be simple or you can make it complicated. I suggest you keep things simple, like I’ll show you in this video to create your first sales funnel in 10 minutes.
If you’re new and you think ClickFunnels is “too much” right now, think again. Why not start with the best? That’s how I view it. I WISH I would have skipped over OptimizePress, LeadPages, and even trying to learn how to code my own website (that lasted a whole 3 days).
2.) ClickFunnels Is The Best and Most Intuitive Sales Page Builder EVER
I’m a young whippersnapper when it comes to Internet Marketing, but I’ve used a few different sales page builders, templates, WordPress plugins, and everything in between.
I think it’s called Entrepreneurial ADD, but I’ve tried these page builders:
- Leadpages
- WordPress
- Thrive Themes
- Unbounce
- Optimize Press
- Get Response
- Builderall
With ClickFunnels you almost don’t even need to learn how to use the page builder since it comes with tons of landing page, sales page, and order form templates to start using with a few clicks and integrations.
If you do want to customize a page, it’s literally as easy as dragging, dropping, clicking, and typing. No coding, no jumping through hoops to integrate your email marketing or payment processor, and best of all it’s FAST!
3.) ClickFunnels Is An Integration MACHINE
One of the things that makes ClickFunnels better than the rest of the list above is the ease of integrations.
Email Marketing – Aweber, Getreponse, Constant Contact, MailChimp, ConvertKit, etc… ClickFunnels will easily integrate with any email marketing automation software.
It has it’s own email marketing called Actionetics, but if you’re like me you are using one of the ones listed above AND in order to use Actionetics, you’ll need the $297/month plan.
Payment Processors – Stripe, Braintree, Paypal, and Clickbank
Webinars – Everwebinar, Webinar Jam, GoTo Webinar
Other Important Integrations – Drip, Zapier, SalesForce, Shipstation, and more.
You can see a full list of ClickFunnels Integrations on the home page here.
4.) ClickFunnels Has Clean Landing Pages, OTOs, Sales Pages, Order Forms, OH MY!
Is it just me or is it still a head-scracther that scammy and salesy websites are still the best sellers on the internet? Look at ClickBank products. Some of those products are sold on the SCAMMIEST websites and they are making 1000s a day.
Some of ClickFunnels’ pages are scammy and sales looking, but IT WORKS! So, why try to reinvent the wheel?
You can choose a high-converting landing page template, an easy to build sales page, and a done for you order form and be up and running in a few minutes or hours if you need to write your copy.
Start a 14-Day Trial and I’ll send you $997 in bonuses
5.) ClickFunnels Makes Making Money Easy and Excuse-Free
Every entrepreneur has ups and downs, especially mentally. We are our biggest critics, to the point of what I call “paralysis by analysis.”
You know what I’m talking about:
- Never launching your blog because the theme isn’t right, your logo needs tweaking, or you don’t have enough posts
- Never creating a product, because it’s not good enough, no one will see results from it, or it’s not perfect enough
The list can go on and on and you know it!
ClickFunnels makes excuse-making harder, therefore it makes making money EASIER!
Alright, now I’ll go into some negatives I’ve personally experienced or have heard through the Funnel Grapevine
1.) A Few Bugs, But Getting Better
I joined ClickFunnels about a year and half ago and just like any brand new SAAS company, it had a few bugs.
I personally, haven’t experienced a bug inside of ClickFunnels in almost 1 year and I’m in there everyday. I see a few posts inside the ClickFunnels Facebook Group, but it’s mostly people who are confused about something or aren’t solution-oriented.
You”ll run into problems in your business, you just have to take a breathe, CHILL, log into your ClickFunnels account and figure it out.
2.) Customer Service Is Bad, But Only Sometimes
I really don’t think this is true, but I see other ClickFunnels users complain about it, although not enough to cancel their account.
I’ve only had one instance where ClickFunnels customer service was unable to fix a problem I’ve had and it really wasn’t ClickFunnels fault.
I had a separate SEO WordPress plugin that was conflicting with my ClickFunnels WordPress Plugin causing a weird Meta Data glitch. Guess what? I figured it out on my own and now I feel like a SUPER-HERO, because now I know what “meta-data” is.
For $97-$297 per month, we should expect pretty good customer service and I think that’s a good way to sum up ClickFunnels support team – pretty good.
You can hire funnel consultants and designers for thousands of bucks or you can shell out $97 and deal with “pretty good” customer service. Hey, at least you don’t have to tip!
3.) Watch Your Bank Account Drop
ClickFunnels has a never-ending stream of products to sell, upsell, downsell, cross-sell, and sell-sell you after joining ClickFunnels. In fact, most people probably join ClickFunnels from a free book or other product.
They have products ranging from free to $25,000 and I think even a 1 million dollar coaching program. It’s pretty insane. And for a newbie like I was, it’s overwhelming, scary, and difficult to overcome.
I get it.
You think you HAVE to do all of that to run a successful business. You don’t.
Start with ONE product. ONE message. Just ONE.
It’s tempting to buy everything they have to offer and if you can, feel free. Go nuts. But really all you need is the ClickFunnels software and a dream.
4.) A Learning Curve
Unfortunately, you can’t just sign-up for ClickFunnels and know everything there is to know about online marketing, funnels, automation, and more…
I tried that 1 year ago…it didn’t work.
You have to LEARN and take ACTION. If it weren’t for reading DotCom Secrets and Expert Secrets I definitely wouldn’t be where I am today.
You can actually get both of these books absolutely FREE (just cover shipping) by clicking the links above. Let’s go ahead and finish this article first, shall we?
If you aren’t willing to put in the work to grow your online business, maybe ClickFunnels isn’t for you. I see people complain about paying $5.95 for each of those books, yet they want to make $10,000 a month online.
Invest in yourself and you’ll see the results!
How about I finish this review with a few more positives about ClickFunnels and try to convince you why you need it and what I’m willing to do to help you!
ClickFunnels Review Takeaway #1: All in All It’s Very Easy To Start, Use, and Understand
You can literally launch a landing page, sales page, order form, and thank you page in 30 minutes. I’ll prove it if you watch the tutorial video below:
My first digital product took me 2 years to finish and launch. I’m about to launch my 6th digital product and now I can create and launch one in about 2 weeks from idea to finished product.
Now, with ClickFunnels I can have a sales page, order form, download page in about 12-16 hours of work including images, copywriting, integrations, and more. That’s 2 or 3 days of focused work.
It’s incredible. So incredible that I had to tell you about it!
My last product launch has netted me about $35,000 in 3 months. For 16 hours of work, that comes out to over $2,187 an hour. I’ll take it!
Once you start your 2-week trial of ClickFunnels I’ll help you launch that first digital product, just email me nick@bloggingwithfunnels.com
ClickFunnels Review Takeaway #2: You Can Start Making Money In 46 Minutes
Maybe you already have a product to sell or want to sell an affiliate product. I have better news.
30-minutes to put your sales funnel together.
15-minutes to write the email to your list promoting your product
1-minute for your first sale to come through.
One of the best feelings in the world was hearing that first “ding” from Stripe when I made a sale while playing with my kids.
The second best feeling was waking up in the morning and seeing I had made $100 overnight or even $400 one night! It’s amazing.
ClickFunnels Review Takeaway #3: It’s a No-Brainer
The best part about ClickFunnels for me as a busy husband, father of 2 toddlers, and entrepreneur is TIME-SAVING!
Time is my most valuable asset. Time is money and money is freedom.
What do most of us want? FREEDOM! Like, Braveheart…one of my favorite movies!
ClickFunnels Review Takeaway #4: You Can Test Drive ClickFunnels For 14-Days
You want to test drive the Mercedes before committing the hefty payment right? You can test ClickFunnels for 2 weeks AND help pay for my future Mercedes in the process!
Selfish, right?
Yes and no. Let me explain.
ClickFunnels has one of the best affiliate programs in the SAAS world. If you sign up just 100 affiliates they will give you $500/month towards your dream car. Guess what? They call this program, wait for it…What’s Your Dream Car
I REALLY want to you succeed with ClickFunnels, so I’m offering you access to $997 in BONUSES when you start your 2-Week Trial using my link.
Here’s what you get:
- 0 to 500 Sales – 12 Weeks To A Profitable Digital Product Business
- 14 – Day Recipe For Success With ClickFunnels Course
- Access To A Private ClickFunnels Support Group ($97 Value)
- Bonus Training: How I sold $35,000 in 3 months selling it with ClickFunnels ($197 value)
- 1 30-Minute Online Business Accelerator Call With Me
- ClickFunnels Website Template
- Bonus Funnels
– 3 Real Estate Funnels
– 1 Chiropractor Funnel
– 1 Affiliate Funnel
– 1 Fitness Digital Product Funnel
So, am I your new best friend?
Just click HERE and start your 14-Day Trial and let’s chat!
Want a video version of this article so you can see ME in real life on my awesome iMac that ClickFunnels helped pay for? Watch below:
Hi.
I liked it from beginning to end.
Nice read here.
Thank you Nick Garcia.
I’ve spent the last black friday/ cyber monday 4-5 days searching for discounts for IM tools. Even though Clickfunnels doesn’t have one (I mean really slashed the price), I’ve learned a lot, saw a lot and convinced that it is the Tool to go.
However Now I first need to create my first products, at least a front end and an upsell, then prepare the copy in advance, you know (SLTR / Squeeze / emails etc.)…
and save some money aside in the process to be ready to handle at least 3-4 months of full CF membership at $97/month.
Like that, I’ll have full time to test it without stress… I’m a broke IM now…
just blogging and making some money with adsense…
I liked your Review, You said it all here and left no stone unturned… From Funnel Scripts to free books to the dream car etc.. I re-discovered all those during these past 4-5 days and it was refreshing, hope is still permitted in this online dream…
Like you said somewhere, you just need 1 product, 1 page, 1 funnel and go with that to begin with. . So ok
And like Russel says it: you’re just one funnel away.. Ok I’ll run with that.
Anyway, I’ve just discovered your blog, landed here by searching this in google: “what can clickfunnels wordpress plugin do?” haha
I think I’m gonna eat all your blog content, you better write such as good other posts as this one here, because I’m gonna explore your blog buddy!! 😉
Thanks for the great review.
P.S I’m a French native speaker so I apologize for what you know .. hehe
Awesome idea. If I had to start over I would have everything ready to rock and roll, so you can start making money right when you start your trial! Good luck!
Hi, I am creating a homepage in clickfunnels and would like to put a quote from you in the “What people are saying” section of the site. I see you don’t have a reg pic on your blog, but I love the “Freedom Braveheart” pic you have and would like to use that with a note that it is your favorite movie. Would you have a problem with me doing this? Please email me if you do. Thanks for your time. (The home page should be live within the next couple of days, right now I am just using another funnel page)
Thanks Nick for the funny introduction. I liked the whole review.
I came across Clickfunnels 2 years ago on a training module. I built my first funnel around a product as quickly as possible and started sending traffic to it, you can’t imagine how much I was happy to make that first sale.
But it was my only sale till today using clickfunnels, I had stopped my subscription with them due to the 97$ mark, but after two years I came to the conclusion that they are very important to do marketing today, but I have differnt choices as to which platform to use . I compared them to leadpages, and I think leadpages do have some price advantage, needing your special advice for that, which one would you recommend? Cheers !
Looks like you have put so much effort into this post. Awesome man! BTW…I have subscribed to dotcomsecrets course from your link…let’s see what they offer.
Very in-depth review – a lot of good info in there. I like the ease of use that clickfunnels has to offer. Have signed up through your aff link.